Riding a small dual spot motorcycle around in the country will bring out the dogs.
If they look like they might keep coming, I stop, point at them and sternly yell, “Go to the house.” If I am stopped, that takes the fun out of the chase & if not crazy dogs, in the country they have heard that phrase more than once from their master.
Had one place where a relative would bring two big boxers I think they were. The two dogs that lived there did not even bother to get up because they new I would not go faster but would stop and tell then to go home and I would not leave until they did or the master would come out & read them the riot act.
Well the 2 big boxers did not respond real well but they did not actually bite. They waited until I would try to start then chase again. I put up with this for two trips in of his relatives. Then I went by and sure nuff here they came. No one was out front but I could hear picnic sounds from the back.
I did my “Go to the house” thing which the ignored. About 100 feet past the house there was a dip where I was out of sight from that house. I stopped there and up came the dogs. I asked the in a calm voice if they really want to do this. They ignored me.n I pulled my rather large weapon from my coat pocket and fired 3 quick shots into the road near my feet.
Those dogs made Wile Coyote look like a slow poke. About a month later and all the dogs stayed in the yard.
The master that lived there was out and just waved & laughed. I waved back.
I bet they will still not chase me & it has been 3 years since I rode past that house. < VEG >
We live in the middle of nowhere and I love it. I rarely see a stray dog. When I do,if the dog is friendly I grab it and post on Facebook. We usually have the owner in less than 24 hours.
When needed I carry two tiny cans. One is Citronella spray, it has always worked. The second is a small Air Horn, if no fight is actually started it breaks up barking growling dogs instantly. Neither is harmful.
it happened this morning, I was walking the three of them and a loose dog ran at us and went right for the Pom, the smallest dog. it wasn’t a dog fight, it was a dog attack - he was shaking him like he would a rat.
he is going to be OK, the vet says he will need to be put under for x rays and sutures but the bites were all around his pelvis and they think no organs were affected.
but I hadn’t done anything about this - I am moving next week and basically had decided I would deal with the issue then.
I don’t think spray would have helped me although I think I could maybe have used a stun gun. I had no trouble getting ahold of the dog’s collar, I could have hit him with a stun gun.
my plan is to never walk all three at once anymore, only to/from the car. the oldest one is getting past walks more than around the block anyway.
thank you, it looks like his damage is all soft tissue - they had to sew up some muscle in one of the puncture wounds and leave a drain in. he will probably go home tomorrow and need to wear a cone so he leaves the drain alone.
I took it seriously enough to start a thread about it, thought I would do something about it sometime…and then I never did. if I had been carrying a stick or something maybe he would be home now.
he is very lucky he was wearing his harness (it got torn off) - I think the dog couldn’t get a grip on his neck because of it and that is why he is still alive.
I won’t walk any of them without carrying something, from now on.
My experience is that what you want is to snap the attacking dogs out of predator mode before they get to your dogs. Shaking is what canids do to prey they can pick up.
I know a dog trainer who has small dogs (Jacks) that she walks with the help of citronella spray. But she has a lot of it, like a quart. And she starts spraying a circle around herself and her dogs as soon as she sees a predatory dog coming. Apparently the scent gives them pause and slows them up long enough for her to get them in the face if she needs to. You don’t need to disable or damage the attacking dog, you just need them to shift mental gears. Some of these types of dogs are specifically bred to keep attacking through pain, they have very high pain thresholds, so giving them pain is less important than distracting them.
I thought about this and you know what? I’m not willing to chance it again. I bought a T ball bat - fits in my hand perfectly - and anything like this happens again I will hit that dog’s head as hard as I can. I hope I kill it.
mind you, what had happened before and what I started the thread about was a dog acting aggressive or spooky or something - yesterday’s dog just flat out ran at us and went straight in to kill. I wish I could have killed it before it ripped into my dog.
oh, and Fritz the Pom is home and resting, despite meds he is going to have a long and painful recovery.
I don’t know the specifics of your incident (location or dog breed), but my folks were having a similar problem in their neighborhood. The problem is also compounded by their advanced age (80’s) and inability to respond or run.
The aggressive dog was one of the bully breeds (Pit, Rot, something like that). After a few near-misses, my Dad decided to let the homeowner’s insurance commpany solve the problem. A quick visit to a lawyer and perusal of county records found which insurance company. The lawyer sent a polite letter to the insurance company that a violent pit bull on their covered property was menacing my folks, and as a result they (my folks) needed to construct an 8 foot perimeter fence with motorized gates and specialized access for a mailboxes, etc. to protect my aging mom. The current estimates were in excess of $30,000.00 and would they (insurance) like to pay now, or after a lengthy and vicious lawsuit?
Turns out insurance companies aren’t terribly keen on assuming liability for dangerous breeds, and the occupants (renters) were given the choice of homelessness or doglessness.
This solved the problem immediately, but I don’t know how applicable it is to the OP.